2. Performance Appraisal is the systematic
evaluation of the performance of employees
and to understand the abilities of a person
for further growth and development.
3. Performance appraisal is generally done in
systematic ways which are as follows:
The supervisors measure the pay of
employees and compare it with targets and
plans.
The supervisor analyses the factors behind
work performances of employees.
The employers are in position to guide the
employees for a better performance.
4. To maintain records in order to determine compensation
packages, wage structure, salaries raises, etc.
To identify the strengths and weaknesses of employees
to place right men on right job.
To maintain and assess the potential present in a person
for further growth and development.
To provide a feedback to employees regarding their
performance and related status.
To provide a feedback to employees regarding their
performance and related status.
It serves as a basis for influencing working habits of the
employees.
To review and retain the promotional and other training
programmes.
7. The ranking system requires the rater to rank
his subordinates on overall performance. This
consists in simply putting a man in a rank
order.
Under this method, the ranking of an
employee in a work group is done against
that of another employee.
The relative position of each employee is
tested in terms of his numerical rank.
It may also be done by ranking a person on
his job performance against another member
of the competitive group.
8. Prepared by the employee’s senior in a confidential
manner. The employee’s highs and lows in performance
during the past year are evaluated.
The information is kept secret and confidential.
Employee is not given a chance to improve his/her
performance as he/she is not notified of their
shortcomings in performance.
9. Ongoing communication between manager and
employee throughout the year.
At end of the year, they will determine whether the
pre-set goals and objectives were met, provide
feedback and set new goals accordingly.
10. This is based on the test of knowledge or
skills. The tests may be written or an actual
presentation of skills. Tests must be reliable
and validated to be useful.
Advantage – Tests may be apt to measure
potential more than actual performance.
Disadvantage – Tests may suffer if costs of
test development or administration are high.
11. 360-degree appraisal will
include direct feedback from
an employee's subordinates,
peers (colleagues), and
supervisor(s), as well as a self-
evaluation.
It can also
include feedback from external
sources, such as customers and
suppliers or other interested
stakeholders.
The feedback of peers can be
reviewed by the manager and
considered during appraisal.
12. Focuses on technical skills because
employees have expert tasks.
Employees are judged on specific, amount of
work completed, and other tasks.
13. In simple words, it is the appraisal of
manager which includes feedback from team
members, usually obtained secretly.
It takes into consideration the job skill as
well as human resource skill of the manager.
15. In this process, the employee is assessed at
the end of each project he/she completes.
It provides managers necessary tools so that
they can make any adjustments for the
upcoming project.
16. A salesperson is assessed on his/her results
with the set goals as their performance is
related to the financial goals of the
organization.
A manager and salesperson discuss ways to
achieve their goals and changes that need to
be made to make them reachable yet
realistic.